Indiana head coach Tom Crean talks to Victor Oladipo during the first half of Friday's game against Bryant. Crean agreed to a two-year contract extension, which was announced just prior to tip-off.

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass decided the best time to announce coach Tom Crean's contract extension was in front of a packed Assembly Hall.

Glass grabbed the microphone and announced the move just before the start of IU's 97-54 season-opening victory over Bryant on Friday night. The two additional years extends Crean's contract through the 2019-20 season and increases his non-performance based pay to $3.16 million per year, according to an IU release.

"Tom has done a great job and has fought through a lot of tough times," Glass said. "We made some more ...